We are excited to be participating in Nuit Blanche again for 2024! The JCCC will be open from 7pm to 7am alongside the rest of the City of Toronto and will activate for a night of celebrating connections.

Learn about and experience printmaking through our exhibits and programming! Our vibrant fall exhibit, Spirit Place: The Magnificent Woodcut Art of Naoko Matsubara will be on view, exploring themes of nature, spirituality, and place. Mastubara is a renowned Japanese Canadian printmaker, who employs the traditional Japanese woodblock technique of mokuhanga. Forty dynamic woodcut prints will hang in the JCCC Art Gallery, along with her rollers, paints, brushes and handmade paper. Photographs depicting Matsubara in process in her studio will be hung, and a short documentary featuring the artist, her work, and her studio, will premiere.

Enjoy an artist talk from Naoko Matsubara herself at 7pm in the gallery – this chance to hear renowned artist, now in the sixth decade of her career, speak, is a rare one.

If you’re feeling inspired and itching to try your hand at printmaking, join us for a linocut printmaking workshop, facilitated by local artist Caitlin Chan.
 

Naoko Matsubara Artist Talk 

Hear about Naoko Matsubara’s work, inspiration, and creative process from the artist herself! Talk begins at 7pm and is free to attend.

Linocut workshop 

Dive deeper into printmaking by making your own linocut! Linocut is a type of woodcut printmaking where a sheet of linoleum is used instead of a block of wood. Local artist Caitlin Chan will guide participants through the process of creating their own linocuts and prints during this 1.5 hour workshop.

Time: 9pm

Location: Hosaki Room, JCCC

All materials are provided and participants get to keep their chisel tools. Pre-registration for the linocut workshop is highly recommended. Limited spots will be available on-site.

Cost is $40 + HST, session is limited to 25 participants, and for 16 + years old only

Registration is available through TicketWeb only.

Register here

*Please note that the linocut workshop, as a paid event, is not affiliated with Nuit Blanche Toronto, but is a JCCC event which occurs during Nuit Blanche.